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    • Olivares Grohnert, Manuel; Hertrampf, E.; Capurro Spadaro, María Teresa; Wegner, D. (2000-11)
      Objective: Aging is associated with increased risk of developing anemia and micronutrient deficiencies. Wheat-based staple foods are iron fortified in Chile. We aimed to establish the prevalence and etiology of anemia in ...
    • Mujica Coopman, María; Brito, Alex; López de Romaña, Daniel; Ríos Castillo, Israel; Cori, Héctor; Olivares, Manuel (SAGE, 2015)
      Background: In Latin America and the Caribbean, anemia has been a public health problem that affects mainly women of childbearing age and children under 6 years of age. However, the current prevalence of anemia in this ...
    • Mariño, Rodrigo; Albala Brevis, Cecilia; Sánchez Reyes, Hugo; Cea Nettig, Ximena; Fuentes García, Alejandra (Sage, 2015)
      Objective: The aim is to describe the prevalence of chronic diseases and conditions that may affect the oral health and oral health self-care of independent living Chilean older adults. Method: In all, 4,766 residents ...
    • Troncoso-Pantoja, C; Concha-Cisternas, Y; Leiva-Ordorez, AM; Martinez-Sanguinetti, MA; Petermann-Rocha, F; Diaz-Martinez, X; Martorell, M; Nazar, G; Ulloa, N; Cigarroa-Cuevas, I; Albala, C; Marquez, C; Lera, L; Celis-Morales, C (Sociedad Medica de Santiago, 2020)
    • Suazo, José; Hodgson, María Isabel; Obregón, Ana María; Valladares, Macarena; Weisstaub Nuta, Sergio; Amador, Paola; Santos, José Luis (2013)
      Metabolic syndrome (MS) related to adult type 2 diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular disease is prevalent among obese children/adolescents. Genetic variants of the leptin-melanocortin system have been associated ...
    • Rivera, N.; Castro Rodríguez, J.A.; Caussade, S.; Morales, M.; Donaire, R.; Moya, A.; Brockmann, P.; Flores, C. (American Thoracic Society, 2017)
    • Carrasco Piña, Elena; Pérez Bravo, Francisco; Ángel Badillo, Bárbara; Albala Brevis, Cecilia; Santos, José Luis; Larenas Y., Gladys; Montalvo V., Domingo (SOC MEDICA SANTIAGO, 2004-10)
      Background: The prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors is increasing in aboriginal populations in Chile. Aim: To study the prevalence of obesity, type 2 diabetes and serum lipids in two aboriginal populations, Mapuche ...
    • Troncoso Pantoja, Claudia; Concha Cisternas, Yeny; Leiva Ordóñez, Ana María; Martínez Sanguinetti, Ana María; Petermann Rocha, Fanny; Díaz Martínez, Ximena; Martorell, Miquel; Nazar, Gabriela; Ulloa, Natalia; Cigarroa Cuevas, Igor; Albala Brevis, Cecilia; Márquez, Carlos; Lera Marqués, Lydia; Celis Morales, Carlos (Sociedad Médica de Santiago, Chile, 2020)
      Background: The assessment of frailty among older people could help to reduce its social and health burden. Aim: To determine and characterize the prevalence of frailty in Chilean older adults. Material and Methods: We ...
    • Olivares, Manuel; Lera Marques, Lydia; Albala Brevis, Cecilia; Pizarro Aguirre, Fernando; Araya, Magdalena (SOC MEDICA SANTIAGO, 2011-03)
      Background: Older subjects have a high risk of developing zinc and copper deficiencies. Aim: To determine the prevalence of copper and zinc deficiencies in adults aged over 60 years, living in Metropolitan Santiago. Subjects ...
    • Pérez Escamilla, R.; Lutter, C. K.; Rabadan‐Diehl, C.; Rubinstein, A.; Calvillo, A.; Corvalán Aguilar, Camila; Batis, C.; Jacoby, E.; Vorkoper, S.; Kline, L.; Ewart‐Pierce, E.; Rivera, J. A. (Wiley, 2017)
      Background: Addressing childhood obesity in Latin America requires a package of multisectoral, evidence‐based policies that enable environments conducive to healthy lifestyles. Objective: Identify and examine key elements ...
    • Vargas Blanco, Orlando; Gutiérrez, María Soledad; Caruffo, Mario; Valderrama, Benjamín; Medina, Daniel A.; García, Katherine; Reyes Jara, Angélica Sofía; Toro Ibaceta, Magaly Alejandra; Feijóo, Carmen G.; Navarrete Wallace, Paola Alejandra (Frontiers Media, 2021)
      The host microbiome plays an essential role in health and disease. Microbiome modification by pathogens or probiotics has been poorly explored especially in the case of probiotic yeasts. Next-generation sequencing currently ...
    • Parra, Solange; Ortega, Alejandra; Kanter, Rebecca; Kain Berkovic, Juliana (Taylor and Francis, 2018)
      Background: Chile has a very high prevalence of childhood obesity; 25% among 4-5y olds. Numerous school-based strategies have been implemented with no lasting improvement. Given that parents are key in obesity prevention ...
    • Barroso, Fernando G.; Sánchez Muros, María José; Rincón Cervera, Miguel; Rodríguez Rodríguez, María; Fabrikov, Dmitri; Morote, Elvira; Guil Guerrero, José Luis (Academic Press, 2019)
      Black soldier fly (BSF) larvae (Hermetia illucens) might be an advantageous option for recycling fish waste for obtaining n-3-fatty acid-rich foods. To investigate the effects of consuming fish waste (an n-3-fatty acid-rich ...
    • Rincón Cervera, Miguel Ángel; González Barriga, Valeria; Valenzuela Báez, Rodrigo; López Arana, Sandra; Romero Ormazábal, Jaime; Valenzuela Bonomo, Carlos (Elsevier, 2019)
      Fatty acid profiles and distribution among lipid classes in the edible parts of seven commonly consumed marine fishes in Chile were investigated. Peruvian morwong, Chilean jack mackerel and Pacific sandperch were found to ...
    • Parra Flores, Julio; Holý, Ondrej; Riffo, Francisca; Lepuschitz, Sarah; Maury-Sintjago, Eduard; Rodríguez Fernández, Alejandra; Cruz Córdova, Ariadnna; Xicohtencatl Cortés, Juan; Mancilla Rojano, Jetsi; Troncoso, Miriam; Figueroa, Guillermo; Ruppitsch, Werner; Forsythe, Stephen (Frontiers Media, 2021)
      Cronobacter sakazakii is an enteropathogen that causes neonatal meningitis, septicemia, and necrotizing enterocolitis in preterm infants and newborns with a mortality rate of 15 to 80%. Powdered and dairy formulas (P-DF) ...
    • Fernández Gálvez, Mireya; Acuña, M. J.; Reyes, M.; Olivares, D.; Hirsch Birn, Sandra; Bunout Barnett, Daniel; Maza Cave, María Pía de la (Wiley, 2010)
      Human adipocyte precursor cells (APC) have been characterized in their proliferation and differentiation potential from subcutaneous, omental, and mesenteric depots, mostly from morbidly obese patients. Cells from the ...
    • Martínez Winkler, Jorge; Silva, Sofía; Santibáñez, Juan Francisco (WILEY-LISS, DIV JOHN WILEY & SONS INC, 1996-04)
      Bone metastasis is a common event and a major cause of morbidity in prostate cancer patients. After colonization of bone, prostate cells induce an osteoblastic reaction which is not associated with marrow fibrosis ...
    • Valenzuela Bonomo, Carlos; Guerra, Ricardo (1985)
      Phenylhydrazine is a hemolytic agent whose mechanism of action is related with the formation of free radicals and the induction of lipid peroxidation. The flavonoid silybin dihemisuccinate is an antihepatotoxic principle ...
    • Ormazábal Leiva, Paulina; Herrera, Karin; Cifuentes Koster, Mariana; Paredes, Adrián; Morales, Glauco; Cruz, Gonzalo (Elsevier, 2020)
      Background: Obesity is strongly associated with insulin resistance (IR). IR at the molecular level may bedefined as a diminished activation of insulin signaling-related molecules (IRS-1/Akt/AS160) as well asreduced glucose ...
    • Miyasaka Almeida, Andréa; Urra, Claudio; Moraga, Carol; Jego, Marcela; Flores, Alejandra; Meisel, Lee; González Canales, Mauricio; Infante Espiñeira, Rodrigo; Defilippi, Bruno G.; Campos Vargas, Reinaldo; Orellana, Ariel (Elsevier, 2016)
      Peaches are stored at low temperatures to delay ripening and increase postharvest life. However some varieties are susceptible to chilling injury, which leads to fruit mealiness, browning and flesh bleeding. In order to ...